On the left-hand side of the PowerPoint window, click a slide thumbnail that you want to add bulleted or numbered text to.

On the slide, select the lines of text in a text placeholder or table that you want to add bullets or numbering to.

On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Bullets
or Numbering
.

Notes:

To change all lines of text, select the outline of the text object, and then apply the bullet or numbering.

To increase or decrease the indent, to change spacing between a bullet or number and the text, to change the style, color, or size of bullets or numbers, to manually change the number that you want to start from, and so on, see Adjust the indent in a bulleted or numbered list.

Use bullets or numbers to present lots of text or a sequential process in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation.

On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group. click Normal.

On the left-hand side of the PowerPoint window, in the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab, and then click a slide thumbnail that you want to add bulleted or numbered text to.

On the slide, select the lines of text in a text placeholder or table that you want to add bullets or numbering to.

On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Bullets
or Numbering
.

Notes:

To change all lines of text, select the outline of the text object, and then apply the bullet or numbering.

Use bullets or numbers to present a lot of text or a sequential process in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation.

On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group. click Normal.

In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click a slide thumbnail.

On the slide, select the lines of text in a text placeholder or table that you want to add bullets or numbering to.

On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Bullets or Numbering.

Note: To change the style of bullets or numbers, the color or size, to manually change the number that you want to start from, to increase or decrease spacing between a bullet and the text, and so on see Make changes to bullets or numbers.

Learn how to change the color and style of bullets, and understand the limitations

I'm only seeing a single bullet, no matter how many lines I add

Check to make sure you're putting bullets or numbers in a Text box, and not a Title box. In a Text box, you get a number or bullet every time you press Enter. If you press CTRL + Enter, you get additional lines without bullets (good for details or notes on a bulleted or numbered line).

In a Title box, the text is expected to be a single line heading or title. You can use numbers or bullets, but it treats all lines of text as a single line, resulting in a single bullet or number.

How do I stop having bullets every time I add a line?

To stop creating bullets or numbers and return to text, click Bullets
or Numbering
again to turn it off.

You can also press Enter and then press Backspace to erase the bullet or number. You can then start adding text, or press Enter to add extra empty lines.

How do I do multi-level bulleting?

To create a multi-level list, click Increase Indent
to make an indented line. To go back a level, click Decrease Indent
.

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Updated June 20, 2017

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